Dodd, Lieberman visit Fairfield County today

Sen. Joe Lieberman will spend time volunteering at the Manna House of Hospitality soup kitchen in Norwalk from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

The Manna House of Hospitality serves over 12,000 meals per month and is open seven days a week. The Norwalk Emergency Shelter and the Manna House of Hospitality are open 365 days a year.

Just this past week Connecticut Democratic Party officials decided to send Lieberman a letter detailing their disappointment with his public support for Republican John McCain in the presidential race. This will be his first Norwalk appearance since the state party's decision.

For U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd, after a meeting in the capital with renters and officials from Hartford and New Haven Legal Aid services to discuss renters rights, he will head to Westport to speak with union leaders.

Dodd will meet with state union leaders to discuss economy's effect on their members and problems in the American auto industry.

Aides to Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., the House Financial Services Committee chairman, and Dodd, the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee chairman, spent the weekend hammering out details of an American automakers bailout compromise.

This will be his first visit to the area since he meet with auto dealers in Westport two weeks ago.